Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Apa Shakunam

"Inauspicious." 

The day I took my mom to the airport, I wrote about finding a four-leafed clover to pack for good luck. I didn't write about how my mom promptly lost it. I found an older one I had squirreled away for her to take. 

But the more I think about it, the more it feels like that was a foreshadowing of her hospital visit and everything else to come. 

I wonder what else I missed.

3 comments:

J said...

:( These kinds of thoughts are so useless, but they haunt me sometimes too.

StephLove said...

I googled the post title, but it failed me.
I don't think you missed anything that could have made a difference. You had a lovely visit at the end. That's a gift.
And I kind of love you keep extra four leaf clovers around.

Nance said...

And now everything will become Significant. I hope you understand that and try to be gentle with yourself. Remember No Regrets.

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